Rational Design of Bioavailable Photosensitizers for Manipulation and Imaging of Biological Systems
Binns TC, Ayala AX, Grimm JB, Tkachuk AN, Castillon GA, Phan S, Zhang L, Brown TA, Liu Z, Adams SR, Ellisman MH, Koyama M, Lavis LD. Rational Design of Bioavailable Photosensitizers for Manipulation and Imaging of Biological Systems. Cell Chemical Biology 2020, 27: 1063-1072.e7. PMID: 32698018, PMCID: PMC7483975, DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2020.07.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBiological systemsChemical toolsRational designChemical reactionsPhotosensitizerElectron microscopyChromophore-assisted light inactivationNumerous biological experimentsHigh-resolution imagingPowerful methodPhotopolymerizationReactive oxygen speciesRhodamineOxygen speciesSynthesisTargeted destructionReactionBiological experimentsBroad rangeMicroscopyCharacterizationCell ablationDiaminobenzidine